Fur Transport
N 52° 49.156 W 102° 22.646
13U E 676718 N 5855389
Located in Hudson Bay Regional Park near baseball diamond.
Waymark Code: WMQ9X5
Location: Saskatchewan, Canada
Date Posted: 01/18/2016
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As the plaque reads:
Fur Transport
The most suitable craft for transporting trade goods on the water routes was the freighter canoe, a modified version of the Indian birch bark canoe.
Two types of freighter canoes were used. The 'Canot de Maitre', with a payload capacity of three tons, carried a crew of eight to ten voyageurs and was used on the great lakes and the Ottawa River.
The "Canot de Nord', used on western waterways had a one and a half ton capacity and carried a crew of five or six.
Furs and trade goods were wrapped in ninety pound bundles called pieces. Each voyageur, responsible for six pieces during portage, carried two on his back at a time.
Voyageurs worked sixteen to eighteen hours a day but were allowed to stop a few minutes ever hour for a pipe. Distances were soon measured in pipes.
Department of Natural Resources
Marker type: Plaque on steel bar
Marker placement date: Not listed
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